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Page 9
... thought it a duty incumbent on me to impart it to you , in hopes of a reformation , which is only to be effected by a restoration of the Latin to the usual dignity in your papers , which , of late , the Greek , to the great displeasure ...
... thought it a duty incumbent on me to impart it to you , in hopes of a reformation , which is only to be effected by a restoration of the Latin to the usual dignity in your papers , which , of late , the Greek , to the great displeasure ...
Page 13
... thought the most perfect ; I suppose , because it is more proper to stir up the passions of the reader , and to surprise him with a greater variety of accidents . The implex fable is therefore of two kinds ; in the first , the chief ...
... thought the most perfect ; I suppose , because it is more proper to stir up the passions of the reader , and to surprise him with a greater variety of accidents . The implex fable is therefore of two kinds ; in the first , the chief ...
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... thought to have drawn the picture larger than life ; but as this is but an imperfect draught of so excellent a ... thoughts are wholly bent upon conquest and arbitrary power . That she has some wit and beauty nobody denies , and ...
... thought to have drawn the picture larger than life ; but as this is but an imperfect draught of so excellent a ... thoughts are wholly bent upon conquest and arbitrary power . That she has some wit and beauty nobody denies , and ...
Page 42
... thought , and seconding it as his proposal . By this means she has gained an interest in some of his leading passions , and made them accessary to his reformation . There : There is another particular of EMILIA'S conduct which I 42 THE ...
... thought , and seconding it as his proposal . By this means she has gained an interest in some of his leading passions , and made them accessary to his reformation . There : There is another particular of EMILIA'S conduct which I 42 THE ...
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... thought wrapping - gowns and dirty linen , with all that huddled œconomy of dress which passes under the general name of a mob , the bane of conjugal Love , and one of the readiest means imaginable to alienate the affection of an ...
... thought wrapping - gowns and dirty linen , with all that huddled œconomy of dress which passes under the general name of a mob , the bane of conjugal Love , and one of the readiest means imaginable to alienate the affection of an ...
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